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TOKYO PARALYMPICS

Japan Times
TENNIS
Feb 8, 2023
Retiring great Shingo Kunieda departs after helping raise profile of wheelchair tennis
Kunieda is known as the Roger Federer of wheelchair tennis and won 50 Grand Slam titles and four Paralympic gold medals.
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JAPAN
Dec 21, 2022
Tokyo Games cost $13 billion, 20% more than organizers reported
The Games' organizing committee had reported in June that the total cost of hosting last year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics was set to total u00a51.42 trillion.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 22, 2022
Arrested former ADK chief denies giving bribes to Tokyo Olympic exec
The ex-head of the ad agency is said to be claiming that the money paid to the former executive member was too much to be regarded as a bribe.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 23, 2022
Tokyo Games bribery scandal widens to include firm that made stuffed toys of mascots
Prosecutors are probing whether former Games executive Haruyuki Takahashi lobbied the committee to extend favor to Sun Arrow over the sale of stuffed toys for the Games, the sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Aug 29, 2022
One year on, Tohoku searching for legacy of ‘reconstruction Olympics’
Disaster-hit areas had welcomed the Olympics as an opportunity to express gratitude for global support after the 2011 quake, but the Tokyo 2020 Games were heavily affected by the pandemic.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 26, 2022
Arrest over alleged bribery could be final whistle on career of Japan's sporting event ace
Since organizing a 1977 soccer event featuring Pele, Haruyuki Takahashi has been a towering figure in the sports business world.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Aug 25, 2022
IPC President Andrew Parsons praises inclusive legacy of Tokyo Paralympics
'This is the beginning of the journey where you see Paralympic sport at the service of an inclusion agenda and not only as a sporting event, and we started that in Tokyo.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 20, 2022
Aoki asked for favors from Tokyo Olympic exec until just before Games began
Public prosecutors believe the firm had relied on the exec for not only sponsorship selection but also a wide-range of pursuits, including sales of officially licensed products.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 23, 2022
Ex-Tokyo Games executive denies giving favors to Aoki Holdings
The former exec, suspected of receiving u00a540 million from Aoki, said that he 'has never been asked for anything from Aoki Holdings nor has given it any favor over the Tokyo Olympics.'
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JAPAN
Jun 19, 2022
Projected Tokyo Olympics total cost falls ¥30 billion to ¥1.42 trillion
The games' organizing committee will announce the official figure Tuesday, with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's burden lightened by u00a520 billion.
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JAPAN
May 28, 2022
Billed as an important Olympics legacy venue, Tokyo's National Stadium is becoming a burden
The stadium was originally planned to be privatized after the Olympics to reduce the cost to taxpayers, but that project has fallen far behind schedule.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 25, 2021
Buyers of Tokyo Olympic Village condos sue developers over delay
The plaintiffs were set to move into their new homes in late March 2023, but the coronavirus pandemic forced a one-year postponement of the Tokyo Games.
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JAPAN
Dec 22, 2021
Tokyo Games cost a total of ¥1.45 trillion, no extra funds needed
The price tag of staging the Games is nearly double the planned u00a5734 billion submitted to the International Olympic Committee in 2013.
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JAPAN
Dec 16, 2021
Tokyo begins removing Olympic decorations
Tokyo's contract with the International Olympic Committee states that the host city can only use Olympic decorations until the end of the year.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 9, 2021
Tokyo Games medal podiums to be donated to schools across Japan
'I can't think of a better way to share such a wonderful part of the games,' Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2021
Tokyo Games' uniforms for 28,000 volunteers remain unused
More than u00a51.7 billion was spent in procuring the uniforms, with Japan preparing for at least 48,000 volunteers.
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JAPAN
Nov 8, 2021
Tokyo Paralympics helped foster greater understanding of disabilities, survey says
However, the number of people with disabilities who feel discriminated against has not dropped significantly since before the Games.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Oct 31, 2021
Japanese LGBTQ icon Ai Haruna reflects on Paralympics, two months on
The TV personality and singer says the Games gave her the opportunity and space to rethink her life and reclaim her transgender identity.
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JAPAN
Oct 5, 2021
Around 450 million cyberattacks blocked during Tokyo Games
The scale of the attacks during the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics was less severe than that during the 2012 London Games and the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Sep 22, 2021
How do you deflect a controversy? Keigo Oyamada blames the media.
Musician Keigo Oyamada cries foul over how he was portrayed in a pair of magazine articles that ended up causing him a job at the Tokyo Olympics.
Japan’s young workers head abroad as huge wage gap persists
The departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. Now with inflation at its strongest in decades, Japanese are starting to realize that years of static wages leave many of them budgeting each month before their next pay check.
Akebono's human side eclipsed his incredible sumo achievements
The heights Akebono reached in sumo helped pave the way for future foreign-born yokozuna Asashoryu and Hakuho.
EVs head for junkyard as mechanic shortage inflates repair costs
An AA patrol for electric vehicles in Birmingham, England. Fewer than 10% of the U.K.’s 236,000 auto mechanics are qualified to work directly on EV batteries or their cases, according to the Institute of the Motor Industry.
Japan strongly condemns Iranian attack on Israel as 'escalation'
Missiles are showcased in a parade marking Iran's National Army Day in Tehran on April 18, 2023.
Death-row inmates' lawsuit targeting same-day notifications of executions dismissed
Two plaintiffs filed a lawsuit with Osaka District Court in hopes of sparking a wider discussion on the rights of death row prisoners.
For Modi, the Indian election is less about winning and more about by how much
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses supporters during an election campaign rally in Pushkar, India, on April 6, ahead of the country's upcoming general election starting Friday.
Akebono's human side eclipsed his incredible sumo achievements
The heights Akebono reached in sumo helped pave the way for future foreign-born yokozuna Asashoryu and Hakuho.
Ohtani’s dizzying three weeks end in exoneration by authorities
Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani during a spring training game on March 12.
How ‘winged’ gyōza took flight from a Tokyo suburb
The creator of "hanetsuki gyōza" is Isao Yagi, and his restaurant, Nihao, can be found right on the border of Tokyo and Kawasaki in Ota Ward.
How Ippei Mizuhara allegedly wired millions from Shohei Ohtani’s account
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, in December at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California

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